Serenity, the 2nd trailer

Wow, I remember watching a few shows of Firefly and really being blown away. The story is gripping, the acting is great, the characters are believable, and the episodes were just dam good to watch. Just too bad the series got canceled. Maybe that will change once the movie "Serenity" comes out!

Until then, here's the 2nd trailer, and in case you missed the 1st one. And finally, here's the movie site.

Which reminds me, I still don't know when Battlestar Galactica will start playing again on SPACE. I've checked the TV schedule for the next 2 week-ends and its still not showing. Until then, I've marked my calendar for Serenity. Just before my birthday!

September 30th, will be sweet!

I miss EVE!!

I haven't played EVE Online for a descent amount of time (more than just for skill training) since Stéphanie and I got back from Italy. I've maybe played an hour here or there, but nothing long enough to get anything rewarding done.

And though I enjoy very much our busy social agenda, I still would like to get a few hours soon so I can get my fix. =) Last night I went to a Toastmasters as a guest, tonight we're going to La Ronde with some friends (been a darn long time since I've been there!), but my Thursday night seems free.

It'll be fun to get back to Eve.

On that note, have a great day, enjoy your summer and play hard!

Welcome to the "Death Star"

Ok, I wont lie, I'm a geek at heart. There, I've said it! I'm guilty as charged and proud to be one. I may not be a full blown geek, but part of me is, and from time to time it comes to the surface. If you're like me then, you'll love this article over at IEEE Spectrum Online (if there ever was a geeks magazine, this is it): Engineering EverQuest.

Though the first part of the article is a bit simplistic, once you get to the half mark, that's where the good stuff is. If you've wondered what sort of hardware and facilities are behind EverQuest (and most probably other MMORPGs) than you'll want to read this one.

Some of the interesting stuff:

• More than 9 million gigabytes of EverQuest data have been downloaded from Sony's servers in the past six years
• There are 13 data centers in Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, and on both coasts of the United States
• More than 1500 servers around the world run EverQuest

Now if we could get the same info from the guys at Blizzard, that would really be interesting.